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The Muppet Theater is the setting for The Muppet Show -- a grand old vaudeville house that has seen better days. In episode 106, Kermit identifies the name of the theater as The Benny Vandergast Memorial Theater, although by the time of It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, it is simply called "The Muppet Theater."
According to The Phantom of the Muppet Theater, the theater was built by a stage actor named John Stone in 1802. At some point a production of Hamlet ran in the theater, with Stone playing the title role. An alternate exterior is also shown in the book. The original exterior can be seen at the end of The Muppets Go to the Movies. It was renovated by the time of It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie.
Locations seen in the Muppet Theater are backstage right, the dressing rooms, the attic, the canteen, the prop room, the storage room, the boiler room, the stage, the house, the stage door lobby, and the back alley. In The Comic Muppet Book and Bo Saves the Show there is also a cellar where the monsters stay in.
Scooter's uncle J.P. Grosse owns the theater, and rents it to the Muppets, as Scooter is only too happy to remind Kermit. In a deleted scene from It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, Kermit reveals that J.P. has passed away and left the theater to the Muppets. This would have taken place sometime after 1997, as J.P. can be seen (and referred to as such by the head of the KMUP network) in Muppets Tonight episode 102 and was last seen at KMUP in episode 206.
According to the events of It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, as of December 24, 2002, the theater is an Official Historical Landmark. It can never be torn down nor changed. It will always remain the Muppet Theater, no matter who owns it.
In The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson, Rizzo the Rat and his team of rats have torn it down in their search for the Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson.
The theater also appears in the 2011 film The Muppets, where it's located next door to Muppet Studios. The exterior of the El Capitan Theatre served as The Muppet Theater exterior during filming, providing it with the British English spelling, "The Muppet Theatre." Production designer Steve Saklad was charged with re-creating the theatre interior. The set itself was reworked from a 1925 set built for The Phantom of the Opera. Of the task, Saklad said:
"They go into the theater, and really the heart of our movie is the transformation of the theater from the way they first find it, which is completely desolate, condemned by the board of health, pigeons are flying around in the open holes in the ceiling.
Eventually they transform this — this nasty looking place into the sort of glory days of the Muppet Theater. Now I should explain, the — the theater was very important to us to get right. In the old TV show, there's a simplified version of a kind of Muppet Theater. It's kind of sweet and quaint; not very real looking. Our story is this: Once, there was a real Muppet Theater; great old, 100-year-old, Vaudeville Theater with ghosts and history, and these great acts that had always played there.
We'll show you the full front of the audience, all the on-stage workings with the pin rails and the dimmer boards, and all the backstage areas and the dressing rooms all in one great space, so that you can go anywhere within that theater. You can go from the front of the audience up onto the stage, over to Kermit's table, and then up the stairs and go right into Piggy's dressing room, and it will all — always all be right there. So this was the sketch I did to transform a standing set that exists at Universal Studios for the Phantom of the Opera. This set was built in 1925. It's still there. It's a — it's a relic that we — that — it's historical, you know, sort of, it's a space that no one can touch.
So we went in, transformed it into a classic, Broadway-style theater, front of house. We built a proscenium, we built everything behind the proscenium, which this model shows to encompass our backstage. And here are some of the shots of the very decrepit first look at the theater, and then how it gets transformed into the shiny, sparkly, ready-for-opening-night look.[1]"
Special tribute was paid to Muppets creator Jim Henson, with the theater's curtain rail system donning the installation date of September 24, 1936, the day Henson was born. The date can be spotted briefly in a scene that shows the Muppets sleeping on the rafters and in hammocks on stage.
- Kermit the Frog: Host, performer
- Pops: Doorman, box office
- Scooter: Go-fer
- George the Janitor
- Beauregard: Janitor and stagehand
- Beaker: Stagehand, lab assistant
- Hilda: Wardrobe
- Gladys: Canteen staff
- The Swedish Chef: Canteen staff, performer
- Fozzie Bear: Stand-up comedian
- Gonzo: Stunt Performer
- Miss Piggy: Performer
- Lew Zealand: Performer
- Wayne and Wanda: Singers
- The Electric Mayhem: House band
- Nigel: Conductor
- The Muppet Orchestra
- Security Guard
- J. P. Grosse: owner
- Rachel Bitterman: owner
- The Muppet Show, all episodes except episode 308 (1976-1981)
- The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
- Polaroid commercials (1981)
- Playhouse Video series (1985)
- Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (1988)
- The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
- Muppet Classic Theater (1994)
- V-Chip commercial, The Toreador Song (1999)
- Weezer's "Keep Fishin'" music video (2002)
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
- CanTeen commercial (2005)
- The Muppets (2011)
- LittleBigPlanet (2012)
- Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Illustrated appearances
- The Muppet Show Book (1978)
- Muppet Show Advent calendar (1979)
- The Comic Muppet Book (1979)
- The Muppets comic strip (1981-1986)
- Bo Saves the Show (1982)
- Two for the Show (1982)
- Jim Henson's Bedtime Stories (1989)
- Foo-Foo, Where Are You? (1991)
- The Phantom of the Muppet Theater (1991)
- The Muppet Show Comic Book (2009-2010)
- I Am Kermit the Frog (2011)
- The Muppets: Meet the Muppets (2011)
- The Muppets: Theater Stage Set (2011)


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In an apparent ongoing effort to give each individual car its own model designation, Bugatti will release still another version of the Veyron — the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse — at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show next month.
The latest neo-Bug is essentially an open-topped version of the ungodly fast Veyron Super Sport. There's little reason to dispute the company's claim that this is the fastest convertible in the world, but discretion suggests that trying to match the hardtop Super Sport's 268 MPH maximum in a car with a removable roof may not be wise.
Power comes from the now-familiar W-16 fitted with four larger turbochargers and intercoolers; stated output is 1200 horsepower and 1500Nm (about 1106 lb/ft) of torque, up 20% and 25% respectively from the "standard" convertible Veyron. The chassis has been suitably upgraded to match the increased output, although it's hard to figure out just what can be done to improve suspension settings that already masterfully handle the power of two Corvette Z06s.
Asking price for the convertible hypercar has not been released, but as usual, if you have to ask you've got better things to do.

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Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, PC (born 20 March 1956) is a British politician belonging to the Labour Party who has been the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union (EU) since 1 December 2009 when the post was created. She is also the First-Vice-President of the European Commission (since February 2010). She prefers to be known as Cathy Ashton.
A British Labour politician, Ashton was made a life peer in 1999 by the Labour government and held junior ministerial appointments in three government departments. She was later appointed Leader of the House of Lords and, in that role, was instrumental in steering the Treaty of Lisbon through Britain's Upper House. In 2008, she succeeded Peter Mandelson as Commissioner for Trade in the European Commission. In December 2009 she became the first person to take on the newly enlarged High Representative role for the EU as created by the Treaty of Lisbon.
Catherine Ashton was born in Upholland, Lancashire on 20 March 1956. Her father, Harold, was a civil engineer and came from a working class family, with a background in coal mining going back generations. She attended Upholland Grammar School in Billinge Higher End, Lancashire, then Wigan Mining and Technical College in Wigan. Ashton graduated with a BSc in sociology in 1977 from Bedford College, London (now part of Royal Holloway, University of London). She was the first woman in her family to attend a university.


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Although we still think in terms of mini dresses and bikinis, we can not deny the evidence: the winter is just around the corner. In Vogue.es forward you the very best of everything that lies ahead. Our list of the Marc Jacobs opens that far from 80 years to revisit the use of colors and elegant lady winks. Insurmountable.
Marc Jacobs again, this time for Louis Vuitton, wasted pouring fresh creativity. But how is it that impossible mix volumes, and ochentera elements reminiscent of the cartoons without dying in the attempt.
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Southwest Airlines grounded 81 aircraft from its Boeing 737 fleet after one plane with a gaping hole in the fuselage made an emergency landing at a military base in Arizona on Friday, the company said on Saturday.
Southwest and Boeing engineers will inspect the skin of the aircraft to try to determine the cause, Southwest said in a statement. Passengers heard a loud noise and the hole appeared suddenly at about mid cabin.
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BRIDGEPORT--Leading by a goal midway through the second period, the Fairfield girls co-op hockey team fired shot after shot at Stamford-Westhill-Staples goalie Casey Bang in an attempt to add to its slim advantage.
Fairfield finally got the breakthrough on the power play late in the period and used a strong defensive effort in period three to put the game away.
Five different players scored goals and Phoebe Cascella made 24 saves as Fairfield defeated Stamford-Westhill-Staples 5-2 at the Wonderland of Ice on Saturday.
"I'm very pleased," Fairfield coach Anna DeVeau-Jalbert said. "I think I saw more shots on goal than I did all season; I'm so proud of the team. I've told them even if the (puck) doesn't go in the net you have to get it to the front of the net and they did that today."
Stamford's Meg Fay, who had a goal and an assist, cut Fairfield's (3-6-1) lead in half on the power play with 6:31 left in the second period. The goal seemed to jolt the hosts to life and Fairfield dominated the rest of the second and the first 10 minutes of the third.
"Sometimes it's easy to forget that anything can happen," DeVeau-Jalbert said. "Just like we kept scoring goals, (Stamford) can keep scoring goals. We just had to keep our head in the game and get going. I think it was a wakeup call and we kicked it into gear."
Anna Rasmussen scored on the power play with 2:09 left in the second to give Fairfield a 4-2 lead and Tabbey Cascella flipped a shot over Bang's shoulders and into the cage early in the third. Casey Crowley, Gabby Bochenczyk and Emily Sharp also scored goals for Fairfield, while Paige Reynolds added three assists.
"(The balanced offense) is extremely nice to see especially since we don't get to score a lot," DeVeau-Jalbert said. "A lot of the teams we play are way more advanced than we are. It's nice to play a team like Stamford because we are really evenly matched."
Rachel Stanford also for Stamford (2-7), which fell behind 2-0 in the first period. The visitors had many opportunities to score Saturday, but bad bounces and timely saves by Phoebe Cascella kept them in check.
"I think we did excellent today," Stamford coach Eli Williams said. "We're still learning the game for a lot of our players. We're missing a couple key members of our team (through injury) I think the team did well and they're starting to respond to the things we are putting out."
Cassie Miolene had two assists for Stamford. Bang made 28 saves, including 15 in the second period with Fairfield buzzing around her cage.
"Casey has been outstanding all year long," Williams said. "She's gotten better and better like everyone else. We lean on her especially while we are short in defense."
Stamford had 10 shots on goal in the third period, but Phoebe Cascella stopped them all.
"We rely on Phoebe a lot," DeVeau-Jalbert said. "She's our last defense and when our defense loses control of the puck we really rely on Phoebe to keep it together and she came through for us tonight."
Despite making tremendous strides in just its third season as a program, there is still room to grow for Stamford. Williams, who praised the efforts of his coaching staff, believes the future is bright for the group.
"Our kids work their hearts out whenever they are on the ice and that's why the program is growing," Williams said.
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Goals: S--Rachel Stanford, Meg Fay; F--Casey Crowley, Gabby Bochenczyk, Emily Sharp, Tabbey Cascella, Anna Rasmussen. Assists: S--Fay, Cassie Miolene 2; F--Paige Reynolds 3 Anna Collimore, Tabbey Cascella, Paige Wickman. Goalies: S- Casey Bang (28 saves); F--Phoebe Cascella (24).


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As a chilling portrait of the Oscar winner's final weeks begins to emerge, results of his autopsy report are expected today. He was found dead of an apparent overdose in his New York City home on Sunday. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports.
As family, friends and fans mourn the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, new details about the actor's apparent drug overdose have emerged.
The Oscar-winning actor, 46, was discovered dead in a New York City apartment just after 11:30 a.m. Sunday, with a syringe still in his arm, authorities said. Law enforcement officials told NBC News that authorities at the scene found 49 full bags of heroin, 23 empty bags of heroin, four bags of white powder believed to be cocaine, as well as various prescription drugs.
Officials also discovered books about Truman Capote, the legendary author whom Hoffman played, in an Academy Award-winning performance, in the eponymous 2005 film.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman poses for a portrait at The Collective and Gibson Lounge Powered by CEG, during the Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah.
The two labeled "brands" of heroin found in the apartment — "Ace of Spades" and "Ace of Hearts" — tested positive for heroin, although more sophisticated tests that will confirm the purity of the drug are still ongoing.
A law enforcement official told NBC News that toxicology tests, which could take a few days to complete, will likely determine the actor's cause of death. It was unclear Monday if the heroin Hoffman had injected was tainted or if he took too much of the drug.
Multiple law enforcement sources told NBC News that authorities found six bottles of prescription drugs — including the blood pressure medication clonidine hydrochloride; the addiction treatment drug buprenorphine; the attention-deficit disorder treatment drug vyvanse; the anti-anxiety drug hydroxyzine; and the muscle relaxer methocarbamol.
Hoffman had spoken openly about past substance abuse battles, saying he quit using drugs and alcohol and "got sober" at 22 years old.
But in early 2013, Hoffman checked himself into rehab for 10 days. He told TMZ that he had begun using prescription medicines, and his use escalated to heroin.
In addition to his win for "Capote," Hoffman was nominated three times for Oscars for his supporting roles in "Doubt," "Charlie Wilson's War," and "The Master."
The marquees of Broadway theaters in New York will be dimmed in his memory Wednesday night, the Broadway Press League said in a statement. Hoffman was a three-time Tony Award nominee for his performances in "Death of a Salesman," "True West" and "Long Day's Journey into Night."
Daniel Arkin of NBC News contributed to this report.
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JOSH Ashby has signed a long-term professional contract to stay at Oxford United.
The highly-rated midfielder put pen to paper on a three-year deal, which includes the option of a further two years.
Ashby, 17, is the first member of this season's youth team to sign professional terms.
The Oxford-born talent scored in every round of United's run to the FA Youth Cup fourth round this season.
Youth team boss Chris Allen said: "Josh fully deserves his chance. He listens to advice, works hard at his game and has been outstanding for us.
"He really underlined his potential in the FA Youth Cup games against Swansea and Cardiff and he has done well when he has trained with the first team.
"We think he has a very bright future and are pleased that it will be with Oxford United."
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News & Notes: Game 70
Saturday, June 18, 2011 (7:15 p.m.) – Harbor Park
Radio: WWKB AM 1520, bisons.com
Buffalo Bisons (28-41, 6th(-14.0), North)
RHP Josh Stinson (3-6, 6.75)
Norfolk Tides (26-41, 4th(-10.0), South)
RHP Chris Tillman (1-1, 4.11)
TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Bisons take on the Norfolk Tides in the third game of a four-game series from Harbor Park (7:15 p.m.). The series is tied at one after the Herd's 7-4 win on Thursday night and the Tides 9-0 victory last night. Following tomorrow's game, Buffalo travels to Durham for four games.
VS. THE TIDES: The Bisons are 1-1 against the Tides. The Herd won last year's season series 6-2 and has won 10 of its last 13 games against Norfolk. Buffalo has been especially good at Harbor Park with a 36-18 record in 54 games at the Tides' home (.667 winning percentage).
ON THE BUMP: RHP JOSH STINSON will make his team-high 13th start of the season tonight. The righty is looking to bounce back from back-to-back losses during the team's most recent homestand. In the three starts before those losses, Stinson was 2-0 with a 2.45ERA. In his last road test, Stinson allowed three runs (2ER) in six innings of a no-decision in Charlotte on June 2.
GONE FISHIN': INF MICHAEL FISHER brings an 11-game hit streak into tonight's action. The streak is tied with INF LUIS FIGUEROA for the second-longest for a Bison this season (OF KIRK NIEUWENHUIS, 16 games). Since June 6, Fisher has hit .302 (13-43) with three doubles, four RBI and eight runs scored. Since May 29, Fisher has hit in 17 of 19 games with the Herd.
EVANS ALMIGHTY: INF/OF NICK EVANS reached base four times last night with a single, a double and two walks. He had a five-game hit streak when he was promoted to the Mets on May 18 and will now take a seven-game stretch into tonight's action. Five of the seven games have been multi-hit as Evans has averaged .462 (12-26) with four doubles and four RBI.
BISONS BITS: INF LUIS FIGUEROA saw his 11-game hit streak come to an end last night. The infielder had averaged .405 (15-27) from June 5-16…INF VALENTINO PASCUCCI has 43RBI in 56 games this season, or six more runs driven in than he had in 72 games with the Herd last season…Bisons' catchers lead the International League with 30 caught stealings and a 39.5% success rate in throwing out would-be base stealers.
METS UPDATE: The Mets (34-36) lost their second straight with a 4-3 defeat to the Angels. Former Bisons OF ANGEL PAGAN had two hits and two RBI for the Mets. LHP CHRIS CAPUANO allowed just two earned runs in six innings but fell to 5-7 on the year. New York hosts Los Angeles again today at 7:10 p.m.


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Fruity desserts are often less virtuous than they seem. Here's a pie that's fruit-packed AND guilt-free. Weeee! Ingredients: Crust 1 cup Fiber One Original bran cereal 2 sheets (8 crackers) low-fat honey graham crackers, broken into pieces
3 tbsp. Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated), or HG Alternative 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup light whipped butter or light buttery spread (like Brummel & Brown) Filling 2/3 cup Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated), or HG Alternative 3 tbsp. cornstarch 1 tsp. lemon juice 1/4 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 tsp. salt 4 cups blueberries Optional topping: Fat Free Reddi-wip Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a pie pan with nonstick spray. To make the crust, in a blender or food processor, grind cereal and graham cracker pieces into crumbs. Transfer to a medium bowl, and mix in Splenda and cinnamon. In a small microwave-safe bowl, microwave butter and 2 tbsp. water for 30 seconds, or until butter has melted. Add to the medium bowl and thoroughly mix. Evenly distribute mixture along the bottom of the pie pan, using your hands or a flat utensil to firmly press and form the crust. Press it into the edges and up along the sides of the pan. Bake until firm, about 10 minutes. In a large nonstick pot, combine all filling ingredients except blueberries. Add 1/2 cup cold water, and mix until Splenda, cornstarch, and salt dissolve. Add blueberries and stir. Set heat to medium. Stirring frequently, cook until berries have softened and burst and mixture has thickened, 10 - 12 minutes. Carefully transfer filling to the pie pan. Let pie cool and set, about 1 hour. Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour. Slice and enjoy! MAKES 8 SERVINGS
Serving Size: 1 slice (1/8th of pie)
Calories: 120
Fat: 3.5g
Sodium: 168mg
Carbs: 25g
Fiber: 5.5g
Sugars: 8.5g
Protein: 1.5g
PointsPlus® value 3*
HG Alternative: Swap out the Splenda for the same amount of granulated white sugar, and each serving will have 191 calories, 44g carbs, and 29.5g sugars (PointsPlus® value 5*).
Another HG Alternative: Wanna start with frozen berries? Do it! Thaw them, but don't drain the excess liquid. (The berries might not soften and burst, but the mixture will thicken and the pie will taste great!)
Blueberries are naturally delicious -- sweet and bursting with flavor. So WHY drown the poor things in a ton of sugar?!? We love a good pie... but a pie that relies HEAVILY on sugary goo and buttery crust is not doing the noble blueberry any justice. And sadly, most blueberry pies are complete calorie disasters. (*cough* Food faker! *cough*) However, the pie you see over to the left? We're not gonna be coy -- IT ROCKS... A LOT. And of course, its nutritionals are as amazing as its taste; both are freakishly good. So make our recipe, and save yourself loads of sugary calories... without skimping on flavor!
Serving Size: 1 sliceCalories: 441
Fat: 19g
Sodium: 353mg
Carbs: 63g
Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 30g
Protein: 3.5g
PointsPlus® value 12*
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Now HERE's a fun one to celebrate -- today, July 24th, is National Tequila Day. If you're of the legal drinking age, try one of these super-fun margaritas in celebration of the libation!
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If I haven't mentioned it before at least a dozen times or so, I'm a third generation native Angelino, and obviously a product of the television generation whose earliest childhood memories inevitably revolve around three primary sounds: Earl Shreib commercials - "I'll paint any car, any color, for only twenty-nine ninety-five! Riiiiiiight!", the legendary voice of Dodger baseball sportscaster Vin Scully and the booming, theatrically stentorian voice of George Putnam, the pioneering television news anchorman and right wing commentator who was a mainstay of Los Angeles news broadcasting for many a decade. Putnam died last Friday morning at Chino Valley Medical Center. He was 94.
When I was kid my grandfather had his television on constantly and his nightly vigil was Putnam's newscast. My grandfather ate it all up, every right wing paranoid dramatic declaration; he absolutely trusted everything Putnam said. And of course, Putnam was one of the most influential commentators of the era.
In pop-cultural history he is most fondly remembered as the inspiration for fictional newscaster Ted Baxter, Ted Knight's windbag of a character on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Putnam was also famous for his annual Rose Parade ride on his silver-saddled palomino for almost 50 years. In fact I believe it never rained when he rode in the parade … talk about a man with connections!
Putnam began his broadcast career on a Minneapolis radio station in 1934, moved to New York in the 1940's. In late 1951 he was hired at KTTV, the independent station then owned by Times-Mirror Co., which also owned the Los Angeles Times. Putnam quickly became a dominant force in Los Angeles TV news. The winner of three Emmy Awards, six California Associated Press Television and Radio Assn. awards and more than 300 other honors, at one point he was reportedly the highest-rated and highest-paid TV news anchor on the Los Angeles' airwaves. In the mid 1960s, Putnam moved to KTLA Channel 5. Also, Putnam was briefly a co-host on the political news talk show Both Sides Now with comedian Mort Sahl.


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Food Trucks Feed Those Hardest Hit By Sandy
The best food from the street.
After Hurricane Sandy ravaged much of New York and New Jersey, local food trucks were among the first volunteers to reach affected areas and feed people.
Grant Di Mille of Sweetery NYC said that the advocacy group NYC Food Truck Association reached out to its members as the scope of the disaster became clear. "They were looking for trucks with availability and enough fuel," Di Mille says, "That was us."
In total, 16 food trucks answered the call, bringing more than 25,000 free hot meals to the Rockaways, Staten Island, New Jersey, Brooklyn, and lower Manhattan.
"We're serving pizza, soup, hot chocolate," said Derek Kaye of Eddie's Pizza, who explained that because a lot of the people who came to his truck in the Rockaways had been eating military-issue dehydrated food if they'd been eating at all, Kaye was "focusing on providing hot meals, something normal."
Wafels & Dinges's Thomas Begeest had similar experiences in the Rockaways and New Dorp on Staten Island. "There's a huge need for coffee," he says. "And these are family neighborhoods. People are taking five, six, seven waffles home to their families."
Corporate sponsors like Jet Blue help offset costs for participating businesses, though the relief work is still keeping them from being on their regular rotations, and many of the volunteers have still been hard at work even when they're not officially handing out food, like Kaye, who had driven to Connecticut at 1 in the morning on Saturday to get enough gas to keep the pizza truck going.
"It's important to us to give back to the community," he explains. "It's great that we can."
For those who want to give something back themselves, Kaye suggests contributing to the NYC Food Truck Association's Indiegogo campaign. "The money goes directly to feeding people in the affected neighborhoods," he explains.
"The trucks out there are making a very real difference," Begeest says, "People are very grateful."
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Developments like this: Assemblyman Jose Peralta has been racking up the endorsements at a breakneck speed. Every day some new union, civic association, or former political figure is throwing their votes behind Peralta, but that doesn't mean that nobody is supporting Monserrate.
Last week, some of the district's clergy threw their support behind the embattled candidate, and in the process denounced a campaign by Fight Back New York, which they claim has been engaged in some serious mudslinging aimed at Monserrate for his vote against gay marriage. Monserrate, always the victim.
This wasn't the only appearance Monserrate made with religious overtones. Someone sent us this flyer to a gospel event at Queens Theatre in the Park to celebrate Black History Month. Conveniently, Monserrate is still referred to as "NYS Senator Hiram Monserrate." Must have been a typo.


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The Colorado Supreme Court will issue its decision Tuesday as to whether the state's public schools are adequately funded.
In early March, the court heard arguments in the landmark lawsuit Lobato vs. Colorado Board of Education.
The case was filed in 2005 by a group of parents claiming the school-funding system fails to provide a "thorough and uniform" education as required by the Colorado Constitution. In 2011, Denver District Court Judge Sheila Rappaport ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, and the state appealed.
Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Fero, representing the state of Colorado, argued that the amount of spending on K-12 education should be left to the legislature and voters. The state also contends that more money alone is not necessarily the solution to better schools.
The plaintiffs, represented by Terry Miller, maintain state funding is deficient in all school districts and that legislators never figured out what it would actually cost to provide the public education it now requires of school districts.
Six justices, not the full seven, heard the March arguments because Justice Monica Marquez recused herself. Before being appointed to the court in 2010, Marquez served as a deputy attorney general under Attorney General John Suthers and worked on the state's defense from the lawsuit.
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The average American has at least four of the seven major factors that compromise their heart health, according to a new study.
The American Heart Association defines ideal heart health as optimal levels of seven factors: blood pressure, total cholesterol, smoking, body mass index, diabetes, physical activity and healthy diet.
Research shows that only about 3 percent of Americans were in ideal heart health. The numbers also varied greatly from state to state. The highest percentages were found in Washington, D.C., Vermont and Virginia, while the lowest percentages were found in Oklahoma, West Virginia and Mississippi.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans, both of men and of women. The American Heart Association is working to improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20 percent, and to reduce deaths from cardiovascular diseases by 20 percent, by the year 2020. This data may help officials in each state better target their efforts.
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Singer Perrie Edwards says fame is harder for her fianc �e, singer Zayn Malik, but she doesn't let it stop them doing what they want
Perrie Edwards insists that it is impossible for the One Direction singer to do normal things because of the worldwide success of his band, reports contactmusic.com.
"When you're in this industry, life's never going to be normal. As much as you try," Edwards told the Metro newspaper.
"I do whatever I want. I go shopping all the time. I go out for food. Go out with my mates. I do everything normally but obviously Zayn is really famous so it's harder for him, but we still do what we want to do," she added.
The blonde beauty insists she hasn't let her success get to her head and she doesn't see herself as a star.
"We like to stay grounded and be normal people and not act like divas. I'm not like, 'Oh I am going to be so mobbed today and everyone is going to take my photo.' I don't see myself like that," she said.
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Since the game was a Tegra 2 exclusive, it frustrated owners of many other Android handsets, which feature technically more powerful SoC than Tegra 2. Thankfully, Vector Unit, the developers of Riptide GP have finally updated the game to add support for non-Tegra 2 handsets, along with lowering its price tag.
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A book edited by Peter Boxall, and written by over 100 hundred international critics. - The Book
Michael Sexson, English teacher at Montana State University, in 2000 had his class of 45 students compose a list of the 100 greatest works of literature ever written, in their collective opinions. - Montana State University
Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn's favorite novels since 1900. - Counterpunch
Respected literary critic Robert McCrum selects the definitive 100 novels written in English. - The Guardian
A bucket list of books to create a well-read life, from Amazon Book Editors. - Amazon.com (USA)
Amazon UK editors select 100 books that they deem "essential". - Amazon.com (UK)
The Brazilian cultural magazine Bravo! selects 100 essential books. - Bravo! Magazine
National Book Award-winning authors got together to select what was, in their opinions, 100 life-changing books. - National Book Award
Essays, memoirs, autobiographies, biographies, travel writing, history, cultural studies, nature writing--all fit under the broad heading of creative nonfiction, and all are represented here: a list of 100 major works of creative nonfiction published by British and American writers over the past ... - About.com
Boston Public Library's list of "The 100 Most Influential Books of the Century". A booklist for Adults. - Boston Public Library
Stories have the power to change us. We asked a panel of leading writers, curators and critics to choose 100 genre-busting novels that have had an impact on their lives, and this is the result. These English language novels, written over the last 300 years, range from children's classics to popul... - BBC
From classics and sci-fi to poetry, biographies and books that changed the world… we present the ultimate reading list. - The Telegraph
The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction is a popular "best of" list compiled by Larry McCaffery largely in response to Modern Library 100 Best Novels list (1999), which McCaffery saw as being out of touch with 20th-century fiction. McCaffery writes that he sees his... - Larry McCaffery
The 25 books were chosen by 25 respected names in international writing, many of whom have contributed over the years to Wasafiri magazine, including Indra Sinha, Blake Morrison and Fred D'Aguiar. Note: I don't think the voters understood "the last 25 years" bit. There are many books that are ... - Wasafiri Magazine
It's hard for us to believe that it's been 17 years since we first toasted the new millennium. In January 2001, a gallon of gas cost $1.46. Facebook was three years from launching. 9/11 hadn't happened. Huge political and cultural shifts were only months away… and some of the best books we've eve... - Powell's Books
Recommended literature by the Undergraduate Academies and Libraries of the University of Buffalo. - University of Buffalo
"For centuries, books have been written in an attempt to share knowledge, inspiration, and discoveries. Sometimes those books make such an impact that they change the way the world thinks about things. The following books have done just that by providing readers an education in politics and gover... - Open Education Database
Barnes and Noble's selection of the 50 most essential books. - Barnes and Noble
Complex Magazine's selection of 50 must-read books. - Complex
Your essential short list of novels, nonfiction and biographies Got some time on your hands? This list of 50 great books is a good way to raise your literary IQ. It's by no means the "definitive" list, but each of these masterpieces is at least as relevant and powerful today as when it was wri... - nextavenue
A list of the 50 greatest books of all time as determined by a panel of secret judges for Globe and Mail. The books are not ranked. - Globe and Mail
A representative selection from over 1500 titles on annual lists of Books to Remember from 1956 to 2005. Chosen by a group of librarians who are specialists in their genres, these outstanding works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry provide an informative or transformative reading experience, ... - The New York Public Library
A panel of critics tells us what belongs on a list of the 100 most important books of the 2000s … so far. - Vulture
"Whatever it's called we love a list of what we think are the best books of all time so we've compiled an entirely arbitrary and personal selection of 100 titles below for you to disagree with." - bookdepository.com
The French literary magazine Transfuge asked a group of francophone writers to pick their best foreign work of fiction. These are the results. - Transfuge
The Best German Novels of the Twentieth Century is a list of books compiled in 1999 by Literaturhaus München and Bertelsmann, in which 99 prominent German authors, literary critics, and scholars of German ranked the most significant German-language novels of the twentieth century. The group br... - Wikipedia
38 Argentinean Authors were polled by the Argentinean government for their favorite books. This is a tally of all books with more than 1 vote. - Argentina
The 50 books that defined the decade(2000) - The Guardian
Scholar Robert B. Downs selects the "great works that revolutionized our ideas about the universe - and ourselves". - Book
A 208 page book written in 2009 by Journalist and Author Andrew Taylor. Books from every field of human creativity and intellectual endeavor - from poetry to politics, from fiction to philosophy, from theology to anthropology, and from economics to physics – have been selected to create a roun... - Book
The Costa Book Awards are a series of literary awards given to books by authors based in the United Kingdom and Ireland. They were known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2005, after which Costa Coffee, a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship. The awards, launched in 1971, are given bo... - Costa Coffee
D. G. Myers', critic and literary historian's 50 Greatest English Language Novels. A critic and literary historian for nearly a quarter of a century at Texas A&M and Ohio State. - D. G. Myers
81 books recommended by Author Donald Barthelme to his students at the University of Houston. - Believer Mag
El Pais ran A Poll of 100 Spanish Authors and Their Favorite Books. This is summary of all the books - El Pais
Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (2013), as selected by the EW staff in its July 5th 2013 issue - Entertainment Weekly
The 100 greatest adventure books chosen by National Geographic. - National Geographic Adventure Magazine
In Novels and Novelists, A Guide to the World of Fiction (1980) Seymour-Smith and the other contributors selected about 55 works of fiction as receiving full marks on the four criteria used for evaluation: Readability, Characterization, Plot, and Literary Merit. These represent, for the contrib... - Martin Seymour-Smith and Editors
Ronald Schwartz polled 115 major writers about their favorite books, and published each of their ballots in the book "For the Love of Books". - For The Love of Books
100 books that, in the opinion of Bookriot.com editor-in-chief Jeff O'Neal, one should read before deeming themselves "well-read". - Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com
A short list of essential works of the Western Canon, as selected scholar Anthony O'Hear. - Anthony O'Hear
"Great Books is an hour-long documentary and biography program that aired on The Learning Channel. The series was a project co-created by Walter Cronkite and former child actor Jonathan Ward under a deal they had with their company Cronkite-Ward, the The Discovery Channel, and The Learning Channe... - The Learning Channel
Great Books of the Western World is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952 by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. to present the western canon in a single package of 54 volume... - Great Books Foundation
Author Vladimir Nabokov's selection of the Top 4 greatest prose works of the 20th century. - Vladimir Nabokov
In early 2010 Harvard Book Store employees worked together to come up with a list of our favorite books. Each staff member submitted a list of their favorite books of all time, in (rough) order of preference. Their selections were then weighted according to the order and the results were tabulate... - Harvard Book Store
Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?" is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom begins this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well. For more than forty years, Bloom has transformed college students into lifel... - Harold Bloom
English professor Thomas C. Foster, at the end of his book, includes a recommended "reading list". - Thomas C. Foster
ThisRecording.com Editor Alex Carnevale selects his choices for the "100 Greatest Novels of All Time". - ThisRecording.com
The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are literary prizes awarded for literature written in the English language. They, along with the Hawthornden Prize, are Britain's oldest literary awards. Based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, United Kingdom, the prizes were founded in 1919 by Mrs J... - Wikipedia
Intended as a companion to the infamous Modern Library ranking of the top 100 books of the past century, this list represents a different viewpoint--that of the booksellers themselves. Compiled from the responses of over 150 Koen Book Distributors customers, the following titles represent the ver... - themodernnovel.com
The 100 Books of the Century (French: Les cent livres du siècle) is a list of the one hundred best books of the 20th century, according to a poll conducted in the spring of 1999 by the French retailer Fnac and the Paris newspaper Le Monde. Starting from a preliminary list of 200 titles created... - Le Monde
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known in short as the Booker Prize, is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of either the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe.[1] The winner of the Booker Prize is... - Man Booker Prize
Scholar Frank N. Magill's famous literary studies reference book. A selection of over 200 of the greatest works of literature of all time - Frank N. Magill
When we think of English lit classes, we usually think of Hawthorne, Melville, Austen, Tolstoy, Dickens. But the times, they are a-changin' and so too are the books we read, both in and out of the classroom. Since the millennium, a lot of good—nay, great—books have been published by masterful aut... - Today.com
The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Started in 1950, the awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the prior year, as well as lifetime achievement awards including the "Medal of Distinguished Contribution to... - National Book Foundation
The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Started in 1950, the awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the prior year, as well as lifetime achievement awards including the "Medal of Distinguished Contribution to... - National Book Foundation
The National Book Critics Circle Award is an annual award given by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote the finest books and reviews published in English. - National Book Critics Circle
The National Book Critics Circle Award is an annual award given by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote the finest books and reviews published in English. - National Book Critics Circle
Literary publication January Magazine polled writers for their favorite works of 2oth century fiction. These were the most mentioned books. - January Magazine
The top 20 best books of the 2000s by Paste Magazine. It includes both fiction and nonfiction. - Paste Magazine
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the author of the best American work of fiction that year. The winner receives US $15,000 and each of four runners-up receives US $5000. The foundation brings the winner and runners-up to Washington, D.C. to ... - PEN/Faulkner
"In the early 1950s Raymond Queneau asked several dozen French authors and critics to list the hundred books they would choose if they had to limit themselves to that number. He reproduced all their responses in the book Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale (Gallimard, 1956), along with the overall top 1... - Raymond Queneau
The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author. - Pulitzer Prize
All the books that have won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction from 1918 to the present. - Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. Two people have won the Pulitzer Pr... - Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction has been awarded since 1962 for a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category. - Pulitzer Prize
"Discover which books made a difference in the early lives of the most eminent achievers of our times." - Academy of Achievement
Robert McCrum is The Observer's literary editor and the author of, among other books, My Year Off. This is a list of this top 10 books of the twentieth century. - The Guardian
"This list was compiled by tabulating nominations by UWM faculty, staff and students for the Select 100. It includes changes which have resulted from nominations received since the original list was released. We asked you to recommend books which you have found to be so useful and important that ... - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
German bookseller website AbeBooks.de makes their selection for the "100 greatest books ever written". - AbeBooks.de (in German)
Dazzling debut novels, searing polemics, the history of humanity and trailblazing memoirs ... Read our pick of the best books since 2000 - The Guardian
The Time's list of the 100 Best Books of the 2000s. It's a mix of fiction and nonfiction. - Times
After two years of careful reading, moving backwards through time, Robert McCrum has concluded his selection of the 100 greatest nonfiction books. Take a quick look at five centuries of great writing - The Guardian
The 100 best non-fiction books of all time judged by a panel of historians, authors, publishers, and experts for the National Review Magazine. - National Review
Based on a survey of Librarians conducted by Brodart Co., September, 1998 - March, 1999. Brodart is an international company that services libraries around the world. - Bookman.com
The 100 greatest american novels picked by Jeff O'Neal, Editor-in-Chief & Co-founder of Bookriot.com - Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com
Easton Press's selection of the greatest books of the Western Canon. - Easton Press
BBC Culture polled book critics outside the UK, to give an outsider's perspective on the best in British literature. - BBC
Critic Ted Gioia's selection of the 100 greatest novels ever written. - greatbooksguide.com
The list of essential fiction from the past 300 years from Robert McCrum of The Observer. - The Observer
The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today (1998) is a book of intellectual history written by Martin Seymour-Smith (1928–1998), a British poet, critic, and biographer. - Martin Seymour-Smith
Entertainment Weekly's top 10 best books of the 2000s - Entertainment Weekly
Two book editors for the nyulocal.com present their list of the 16 greatest books of all time, with a list of runner-ups as well. - NYU Local
12. Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex (2002)What are the greatest novels of the opening years of this tumultuous century? In search of a collective critical assessment, BBC Culture contributor Jane Ciabattari polled several dozen book critics, including The New York Times Book Review's Parul Sehgal, T... - BBC
Télérama, a weekly French magazine, asked 100s of french authors to list their top 10 favorite books of all time. - Telerama
Novels have inherent power. From building new worlds to reanimating history, they have the ability to enthrall and challenge us. But their most powerful trait is that they offer an escape while still encouraging readers to think critically, weaving entertainment and reflection into one experience... - Paste Magazine
ISI defined "best" as "volumes of extraordinary reflection and creativity in a traditional form, which heartens us with the knowledge that fine writing and clear-mindedness are perennially possible." All the books are non-fiction. The first 5 are ranked, the rest are alphabetical. - Intercollegiate Studies Institute
The choices here are influenced by the following: the stipulation that any specific author should not be chosen for more than one year, a general focus on fiction over other genres, and the tastes/whims/glaring prejudices of Flavorwire's literary editor. - Flavor Wire
A list of voted on by 17 employees(book sellers) at Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN for Parade Magazine. - Parade Magazine
An unranked, incomplete, utterly biased list of the greatest works of literature ever published. - Esquire
50 critics, writers and booksellers from both sides of the Atlantic choose the milestones of the last quarter century. - El Pais
The Best Books of the 2000s according to the Onion AV club. Includes Fiction and Nonfiction. - The Onion AV Club
The Times selection of the 100 best classic works of literature. - The Times
Here are TIME's picks for the 10 best fiction books of the 2010s, in order of publication year. - Time
The best southern United States nonfiction books of all time judged by 130 literary experts and authors. - Oxford American
A list of the best southern novels of all time by Oxford American Magazine judged by 130 experts as well as authors. - Oxford American
The English PEN staff compiled a list of the best works not written in the English language. This list combines their list with the suggestions made by Fred Armentrout, President of Hong Kong (English-Speaking) PEN. - English PEN
Editor W. John Campbell provides explanations and summaries for 100 of the world's best books. - Book
The Gardiner Public Library, from 1988 to 2007, polled various famous figures from all around the world (writers, artists, filmmakers, politicians, actors, etc.) to ask for their book recommendations. This list is based on the books that received at least two mentions. - Gardiner Public Library
The 101 great books recommended by "The College Board", an American not-for-profit organization that was formed in December 1899 as the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) to expand access to higher education. - http://www.uhlibrary.net/pdf/college_board_recommended_books.pdf
Writer Lawrence Buell discusses the primary contenders for the title of the "Great American Novel". - Book
The classic canon of Western civilization meets the artists and illustrators who have remade reading in the last years of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century in Russ Kick's magisterial, three-volume, full-color The Graphic Canon, volumes 1, 2, and 3. - Amazon - Book
PBS and the producers worked with the public opinion polling service "YouGov" to conduct a demographically and statistically representative survey asking Americans to name their most-loved novel. Approximately 7,200 people participated. The results were tallied and organized based on our selec... - PBS
"In this volume you will be guided by esteemed professors and writers who have selected excerpts from the most important books in Western Civilization. A brief essay illuminates each excerpt and puts the work in context. Take your education to the next level by letting some of the best thinkers o... - Book
Waterstone's 1999 poll of the greatest 20th century novels, according to British writers. This appeared to be the result of muddle in the way questions were put to and answered by the 47 authors, critics and media personalities who voted in the poll. - Waterstone
Author William Faulkner named Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" as the single greatest novel of all time. - William Faulkner
100 prominent cultural figures, mostly writers, were polled for their choice of an "ideal library". The following list is a tally of every book that received at least 2 votes. - Book
A poll of The Millions contributors and 48 of their favorite writers, editors, and critics, asking a single question: "What are the best books of fiction of the millennium(2000), so far?" The results were robust, diverse, and surprising. - The Millions
Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 best reads from 1983 to 2008. - Entertainment Weekly
Clifton Paul "Kip" Fadiman (May 15, 1904 – June 20, 1999) was an American intellectual, author, editor, radio and television personality. The New Lifetime Reading Plan provides readers with brief, informative and entertaining introductions to more than 130 classics of world literature. From H... - The New Lifetime Reading Plan
Our critics chose 15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century. - New York Times
The following is a complete list of the titles included in the exhibition Books of the Century at The New York Public Library's Center for the Humanities, May 20, 1995-July 13, 1996, and in The New York Public Library's Books of the Century, published by Oxford University Press. A celebration ... - New York Public Library
The list below is from the book The Novel 100: A Ranking of Greatest Novels All Time (Checkmark Books/Facts On File, Inc.: New York, 2004), written by Daniel S. Burt. - The Novel 100
The best novels of all time from Tolkien to Proust and Middlemarch - Telegraph
The Top 10 book chosen by 125 top writers from the book "The Top 10" edited by J. Peder Zane. - The Top 10 (Book)
There are many gifted Third World writers who can help you transcend barriers of language and tradition but you might find it difficult to know where to start. As a guide, the NI has chosen its ten best novels - the ones which are both enjoyable to read and give a vivid impression of life in ... - New Internationalist
Time critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo pick the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present. - TIME Magazine
The editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54 countries on what they considered the "best and most central works in world literature." Among the authors polled were Milan Kundera, Doris Lessing, Seamus Heaney, Salman Rushdie, Wo... - Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute
The top 100 titles for the world literature classroom, ranked in order of popularity, chosen by literature teachers from across the country. - Perfection Learning
The Observer asked 150 literary luminaries to vote for the best British, Irish or Commonwealth novel from 1980 to 2005. - The Observer
To celebrate the end of the 2010s, Entertainment Weekly's Must List is looking back at the best pop culture of the decade that changed movies, TV, music, and more (catch up on our list so far, which includes the MCU's big Snap, Lin-Manuel Miranda's history-making hit Hamilton, and Beyonce's iconi... - Entertainment Weekly
Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) was a Swedish list of the 100 best books in the world, made in 1991 by the Swedish literary magazine Tidningen Boken. The list was compiled through votes from members of the Svenska Akademien, Swedish Crime Writers' Academy, librarian, authors and others. App... - Tidningen Boken
Waterstones is a bookstore chain with more than 200 stores in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Europe. In January 1997, Waterstones announced the results of its Books of the Century poll to find out what the public considered to be the hundred greatest books of the twentieth century. O... - LibraryThing
The New York Times Book Review's editor, Sam Tanenhaus, sent out a short letter to a couple of hundred prominent writers, critics, editors and other literary sages, asking them to please identify... - New York Times
Maugham's studies of the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists are outstanding examples of literary criticism at its finest. Afforded here are some of the formulae of greatness in the genre, as well as the flaws and heresies which enfeeble it. Written by a master of fiction, "Ten Novels a... - Great Novelists and Their Novels
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The New York Post is reporting that there's some momentum behind a decades-old script treatment for a follow-up by one of the original movie's screenwriters, Howard Koch, which would have focused on the son Ilsa ends up having after finding herself pregnant from her encounter with Rick in Casablanca. The sequel would cast older actors as the original stars, and would bring in the son as an adult character having adventures in the Middle East, a la Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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by Henry Miller
The term Bohemian is somewhat vague and often misused. It refers to living an alternative lifestyle that is usually artistic. Writers, musicians, actors and artists have traditionally made up this untraditional group. Numerous Bohemian communities have existed around the world and attracted creative types looking to devote time to their passion rather than the 9-to-5 lifestyle of average Joes.
New York's Greenwich Village, London's Soho and Chelsea, and Paris' Montmartre and Montparnasse are just some of the famous 'Boho' districts. There have been periods of time when it was possible to visit Greenwich or Soho and see budding writers scribbling in every cafe. An anthropologist would describe Bohemianism as a subculture.
Naturally many famous literary names have lived a Bohemian life or moved lock, stock and barrel to a Bohemian community. Think of the Americans (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mark Twain, Henry James, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Edith Wharton etc) who have journeyed to Paris because it was THE place to be creative.
The list of so-called Bohemian writers is lengthy – Oscar Wilde, Henry Miller, Robert Service etc – but the subject of the Bohemian lifestyle has been extensively written about in both fact and fiction. Lots of readers are interested in Bohemianism but don't necessarily want to be Bohemians.
There have been many novels where people have moved to Bohemian communities, endured culture shock and succeeded or failed, and many more featuring a Bohemian-style romance as free love and sexual experimentation have always been important aspects.
This selection of books contains Bohemian-themed plots, books written by uber-Bohemians like Miller and non-fiction about the lifestyle itself. Many of our choices are vintage editions and we have not strayed into the Beat Generation or the Counterculture writing of the 1960s even though both of these subgenres are linked to Bohemianism.
It's interesting to note that even today there are still books attempting to define or refine this subculture. Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There by David Brooks introduced the term 'Bourgeois Bohemians' for wealthy folks who adopt the creative, alternative lifestyle. Bohemian Manifesto: A Field Guide to Living on the Edge by Laren Stover attempts define the various sub-groups.


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The Dutch Haskell Users' Group meet monthly in an informal setting. The group was born on 19 April 2009 at Hac5.
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A mailing list dutch-hug is available at Google Groups.
The first meeting will be somewhere in Utrecht on 6 May 2009 at 19:30. Anyone is welcome to join; language used will be English, since the Haskell programmers in the Netherlands are multilingual. If you decide to attend, please add yourself to the list of attendees.
We will probably meet in some café and have a fun evening. Do join us!


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My Body Is about Him - UpWords - August 8
UpWords, with Max Lucado
My Body Is about Him
by Max Lucado
"Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you?" (1 Corinthians 6:19 NLT). Paul wrote these words to counter the Corinthian sex obsession. "Run away from sexual sin!" reads the prior sentence. "No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body." (v.18 NLT).
What a salmon scripture! No message swims more up-stream than this one. You know the sexual anthem of our day: "I'll do what I want. It's my body." God's firm response? "No, it's not. It's mine."
Be quick to understand, God is not antisex. Dismiss any notion that God is antiaffection and anti-intercourse. After all, he developed the whole package. Sex was his idea. From his perspective, sex is nothing short of holy.
He views sexual intimacy the way I view our family Bible. Passed down from my father's side, the volume is one hundred years old and twelve inches thick. Replete with lithographs, scribblings, and a family tree, it is, in my estimation, beyond value. Hence, I use it carefully.
When I need a stepstool, I don't reach for the Bible. If the foot of my bed breaks, I don't use the family Bible as a prop. When we need old paper for wrapping, we don't rip a sheet out of this book. We reserve the heirloom for special times and keep it in a chosen place.
Regard sex the same way—as a holy gift to be opened in a special place at special times. The special place is marriage, and the time is with your spouse.
Casual sex, intimacy outside of marriage, pulls the Corinthian ploy. It pretends we can give the body and not affect the soul. We can't. We humans are so intricately psychosomatic that whatever touches the soma impacts the phyche as well. The me-centered phrase "as long as no one gets hurt" sounds noble, but the truth is, we don't know who gets hurt. God-centered thinking rescues us from the sex we thought would make us happy. You may think your dalliances are harmless, and years may pass before the x-rays reveal the internal damage, but don't be fooled. Casual sex is a diet of chocolate—it tastes good for a while, but the imbalance can ruin you. Sex apart from God's plan wounds the soul.
Your body, God's temple. Respect it.
From It's Not About Me
© (Thomas Nelson, 2007), Max Lucado
Listen to UpWords with Max Lucado at OnePlace.com and find resources at MaxLucado.com


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AFLP is a rare, but serious, liver problem in pregnancy. With AFLP the liver cells have too much fat, which can damage the liver.
Doctors do not know the exact cause of AFLP. Fats called triglycerides and fatty acids normally broken down in the liver. But with AFLP your body makes too much of these. Research shows that AFLP may be an inherited problem with how the liver breaks down fats.
AFLP is rare, but it is more likely if you are:
There is a chance that AFLP can happen again with a future pregnancy.
AFLP usually starts late in the third trimester of pregnancy. These are the most common symptoms of AFLP:
The symptoms of acute fatty liver of pregnancy may look like other health conditions. Always see your healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
To diagnose AFLP, your doctor will review your health history and do a physical exam. The best way to diagnose AFLP is by a liver biopsy. This involves taking a sample of liver tissue for exam under a microscope. This may not always be possible in pregnancy. Most often, your symptoms of AFLP are enough to diagnose the condition. Blood tests can check for other conditions that have similar symptoms. Other tests that may be used include:
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New Jersey's Portion: $2,220,000,000 over 3 years.
Allocation Method: New Jersey will receive its share based on a Federal Formula consisting of a base increase in FMAP percentages for all states as well as additional increases in FMAP percentages to target states with the greatest economic problems as determined by changes in unemployment rates. These estimates are also subject to change based on actual expenditures for State Medicaid programs.
The state's Medicaid infrastructure is operated under the Department of Human Services, and provides support for various Departments within State Government. The Federal Government provides funding for state Medicaid programs. This funding is known as FMAP and is a matching percentage of state Medicaid expenditures which varies among states. New Jersey currently receives an FMAP of 50%. Under Section 5001 of the economic recovery package, states would receive increases in their respective FMAP percentages for the period of October 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010. The amount of funding received will be determined by actual medical expenditures as well New Jersey's Unemployment Rate.
Federal Requirements and Restrictions
- Maintenance of Effort Requirement (MOE): States may not have eligibility standards, methodologies, or procedures that are more restrictive than those in effect as of July 1, 2008.
- The State must report on compliance with provider prompt pay requirements beginning with the date of enactment.
- Prohibits states from depositing funding from the increased FMAP into any state reserve or "rainy day" fund.
Program Eligibility
- FMAP increases do not apply to Title IV Parts A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, TANF), B (Child and Family Services), and D (Child Support Establishment of Paternity), the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), disproportionate share hospitals (DSH), or other enhanced payments based on FMAP.
- These FMAP increases do not apply to payments for individuals enrolled as a result of expansion in the state income eligibility policies as of July 1, 2008.
Important Program Dates
October 1, 2008 – December 31, 2010 – Time period of Increased FMAP
Frequently Asked Questions on FMAP:
Q) How much addition federal funds will New Jersey receive as a result of the Increased FMAP in accordance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)?
A)New Jersey will be determined by actual expenditures as well as any changes to New Jersey's unemployment rate. Preliminary estimates are approximately $2.2 billion over the 27 months.
Q) Will Medicaid provider rates be increased with this additional funding?
A) No. The additional funding during this period is designed to provide financial support for the anticipated increase to the existing caseload and to assist states in minimizing any reductions in services.
Q) I am a Medicaid recipient. Will there be more providers added to the program with this stimulus funding?
A) No. The number of Medicaid providers available is not determined by this additional funding.
Q) Will this additional funding be used to expand eligibility of Medicaid to higher income populations?
A) No. The additional funding during this period is designed to minimize any reductions during the recession. There is a requirement that states must not have more restrictive eligibility standards, methodologies, or procedures than those in effect as of July 1, 2008. In order to continue receiving the Increased FMAP, New Jersey will continue to cover only individuals currently eligible for Medicaid.
For more information on Medicaid in New Jersey, please visit: http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dmahs/dhsmed.html.


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Hi guys I am an MS warrior and the pool of available players in the 5v5 team is as follows:
MS Warrior (me)
Frost Mage
Resto Shaman
2x UA Locks
Shadow Priest
Holy Priest
Paladin (holy)
DPS Druid
We played yesterday the combo of:
MS Warrior (Mace Spec)
Frost Mage
Shadow Priest
Holy Priest
Resto Shaman
We are curently 1.8k rating we didnt do bad but games lost were either against teams with 2.2+ k rating or we did some dramatic mistakes which we of course realised, meaning that they can be corrected.
Besides all of this, I would like to ask more experienced teams- out of the above pool of players which would be the best combo?
Another question is that we have also invited a very well geared rogue into the team but have really no idea under which combination he would fit more so that there are more Team synergies.
Also, under which combo would a palli fit better you think? From my personal experience, Priests did a very good job in terms of their own survivability, healing and dispelling and was under impression that they are more effective than the Palli.
What do you think guys?
Thank you


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To: The Michigan House of Representatives
From: Lee Tilson
Re: HB 5711, HB 5712, HB 5713
Date: June 11, 2012
The Health Policy Committee has not given adequate consideration to
HB 5711, HB 5712 or HB 5713. The House of Representatives should
send those bills back to Committee for full hearings.
Introduced on May 31, 2012, House Bills 5711, 5712, and 5713 were
reported out of Committee seven days later, after one short hearing on
Thursday, June 7, 2012. Now, the bills are scheduled for consideration
by the full House on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, less than two weeks after
being introduced.
Over 50 pages in length, the three bills amend more than a dozen existing
statutes and establish many new rules. They amend many sections of the
public health code and various criminal statutes. Physicians making
decisions regarding the most complicated pregnancies will risk going to
Common sense dictates that when complex legislation is being
considered, hearing all sides allows a better understanding. Fundamental
fairness requires that all who are affected by legislation be given notice
and an opportunity to be heard. The notice given of this hearing was
minimal. Women who opposed the bill had no opportunity to be heard.
Here are the Committee's own minutes. http://1.usa.gov/LgLoUQ
Dozens of women who opposed the bills were in the audience. However,
the Health Policy Committee only allowed three women to speak. It is not
coincidence that the three women speakers supported the bills. Not one
woman who opposed these restrictions on women's rights was allowed
to address the Committee.
The speed with which the bills are being forced through the legislature
does not allow thoughtful consideration. These bills could prevent
physicians from providing appropriate medical care to women after the
first twenty weeks of pregnancy, even though the pregnancy resulted
from rape or incest or if the fetus has a fatal condition that will prevent
its survival after birth. Michigan already regulates pregnancy
terminations so rigidly that the procedure is not available in 83% of the
state's counties.This package makes it harder for physicians to help
women in those counties by phoning prescriptions to their pharmacies.
Michigan citizens deserve better. We deserve to have legislators who
are willing to listen to both sides of a debate. We deserve to have
legislators who take time to read, discuss, debate, think about and
understand the bills on which they are voting. We deserve legislators
who appreciate that the bills they pass will impact the lives of our
citizens for decades.
Enacting laws without thoughtful consideration, and especially without
giving those affected by those laws an opportunity to be heard,
disrespects all the citizens of this state.
The bills should be sent back to Committee for careful consideration.
Lee Tilson
Detroit, MI 48208
Links to relevant information sources are provided.


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This lesson combines the reading of detective fiction with written expository analysis in the form of a Detective's Handbook. Each student reads a detective mystery, and the class watches and analyzes Murder She Purred to establish a collective example. Students create a Detective's Handbook based on the mystery they read, adding a new entry every two days. A PowerPoint presentation provides a series of lessons, each of which explain one handbook entry, using Murder She Purred as a concrete example. Handbook entries include expository writing about the sleuth, the mystery, and the sidekick; descriptive writing about the crime scene; a wanted poster of the villain; a detective's log; a "how-to" paragraph describing how the mystery was solved; and a persuasive letter to the local Chief of Police. Finally, students record an overview of the book they read, making a case for its inclusion in the detective mystery genre.
Detective's Handbook project information sheet: This sheet provides complete instructions for each entry in the Detective's Handbook.
Detective Fiction PowerPoint presentation: Use this presentation to prepare students for each entry in the Detective's Handbook.
Expository Writing Cake: This handout uses a graphic to describe expository writing.
Mysteries are an effective resource in the classroom, especially with reluctant readers. Students bored with other readings and their textbooks can become involved in the intrigue of a detective mystery in ways that more traditional reading fail to engage them. The "intrigue, characters, and gradually revealed storyline" in mysteries get students involved, asking them to use critical thinking, deductive reasoning, and logic to explore and guess the events in the story as it unfolds.
Mysteries are exciting reading for students; however, this assignment goes further, combining reading and writing in the classroom to improve both achievement and instructional efficiency (Vacca 260-261). Students who experience the integration of writing and reading are likely to learn more content, to understand it better, and to remember it longer. This is the case because writing, before or after reading, promotes thinking, but in different ways (Vacca 262).
Further Reading
McClure, Amy and Janice Cristo, Eds. 2002. Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K-Grade 6, 13th Ed. Urbana, IL: NCTE.
Vacca, Richard T. and Jo Anne L. Vacca. 1999. Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum. Longman.


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Photos: Alley Theatre destroyed by Harvey
Dean Gladden is about to venture downstairs into the Alley Theatre. But before he takes a step down, the company's managing director asks the group he's leading to turn on their cell phone lights.
"And I hope you're wearing the right kind of shoes," he says, alluding to the vaunted downtown theater's flooded lower level, where more than ten feet of water once pooled during Hurricane Harvey's catastrophic downpour that caused severe damage on the city's Theater District.
Productions across town have been postponed or cancelled as organizations prioritize cleanup and restoration. Here in the Alley Theatre, a playhouse with national acclaim, the future can't begin until the present damage has been inspected. It's a somber action, partly because the Alley is two years removed from a $46.5 million renovation that revamped much of this flooded area.
Gladden beckons his party. The tunnel that leads down to the Alley's Neuhaus Theatre is pitch black, so the first impression of the downstairs lobby area isn't anything you can see, but rather the swish-swish-swish of construction workers wading through the water, the patter of water droplets leaking from the ceiling — and the smell.
What starts off as a sensation of the nose and throat soon turns into a full-body experience — a dizzying mixture of rotting wood, rotting paper, infested carpet, swamp-soaked chairs, sewage, bacteria and humidity. The lobby had been entirely submerged in slimy, green-blue-black water since Sunday, allowing the walls and ceilings to soften and melt. Pinch your nose and you can still smell the rot through your mouth.
"As a managing director, you always think of the worst possible thing that can happen," Gladden says. "This is the worst possible thing."
Construction workers, wearing masks, tell the awestruck explorers to be careful and not to breathe in the air. These workers, from Blackmon Mooring and W.S. Bellows Construction, are led by Alley Theatre General Manager Ten Eyck Swackhamer in a separate tour to assess the work ahead of them. But Gladden's party marches on.
BEFORE AND AFTER: Photos of Harvey's destruction in Houston
The scene is difficult to convey with words. Walls have fallen down in chunks. The ceilings are all peeling downward, their shapes distorted like ice cream melting in summer. Some rooms have doors blocked by debris that can't be entered. Pianos and tables and large machinery are turned upside down, some stuck in strange, gravity-defying positions. Flotsam everywhere floats on the ground.
Some of the wreckage is hard to identify. Communications Director Whitney Spencer, shining her light toward the shadow of large and long rectangular box lying upside down in the Neuhaus Theatre, asks what it is.
"It's the first row of seats," Gladden says.
An entire row of seats has toppled over. Board President Butch Mach, taking long, deliberate strides, climbs up a section of seats. He swipes his finger on the top of a seat on the fifth row — "It's dry here" — and then the bottom.
"That's wet," Mach says. "So you can tell that's how high the water went. So hopefully the lights up on the ceiling and the control booth are dry — yep."
Gladden isn't sure where the water came from. On Sunday, playwright Rajiv Joseph, in Houston for the upcoming world premiere of his play "Describe the Night" at the Alley, captured footage of Texas Avenue turned into a river, with water running nearly to the top of the steps to the Alley.
But the water didn't breach the main lobby, instead likely entering the basement from somewhere in the underground tunnel system — the same water that annihilated the lower level of Birraporretti's, a nearby restaurant.
How the flooding happened is just one of the many questions without a complete answer today.
What's the schedule for recovery? Swackhamer, estimating 8 to 14 days of salvage work, expects a full schedule by end of next week.
How much is the damage worth? Though this is the first time contractors have been able to inspect the scene, Alley management knows it's in the several millions. Their complete renovation two years ago cost more than $46 million, but there are also other elements that add to the toll, like 68 years of production history lost in the destruction of the Alley's prop storage, that can never be recovered.
Later in the day, props master Karin Rabe would mention the tens of thousands of props that were destroyed.
"All of our luggage, foliage, rugs, china, typewriters, computers, books, paper props, kitchen items, lamp shades are all gone," Rabe says. "There were probably 20,000 pieces of china and 70 TV sets down there."
In the storage room, unseen amounts of props lay in waste. Mach wants to reach the back part of the room because he saw something he can't get out of his head. Earlier that day, he took a preliminary tour and found a lone doll lying on a table, her body splayed helplessly, as if she were acting a scene in a tragedy. To get to the room, the party takes a dangerous path.
On the ground of the laundry room, white detergent mixes with the mud water, creating a goop that almost makes some of the party trip. A rack has fallen over. Hundreds of programs for the Alley's recent production "39 Steps" have meshed into a single wet mound, right next to the Alley's entire collection of yet-to-be-printed tickets that have all nearly dissolved, forming a thick layer of white mush in the water.
The group forges on, wading past the broken machinery of the laundry room and into the back side of the Alley's vast prop storage room. An ornate Chinese vase filled with leaves and water sits upright — here, everyone notices the upright objects right away.
Right next to it is the doll. It's a gem of a creation, a Victorian era doll featured in the Alley's beloved "A Christmas Carol." It's the doll that's given to the Scrooge, which later manifests into an eerily beautiful ghost. A steam clock, a giant candy cane, Scrooge's chair — these other iconic "Carol" items also lay toppled in the water.
The smell changes room to room. The bathrooms reek of sewage, while the tunnel facilities have the acidic smell of kerosene, which had leaked from the generators into the water. The substance clings onto the pants and shoes of the visitors.
The party turns around when Swackhamer says electrical parts are still hot inside one of the rooms. He closes the door, shooing the party up the steps toward Birraporetti's. As workers sweep the water down the hallways, it gushes down the steps, causing one of the tour members to nearly trip.
"Look at this," Gladden says, pointing toward the break room. It's a champagne glass, filled with water, somehow standing perfectly upright four feet above the ground against the door. Its posture, in contrast with the chaos of the room, feels bizarre, even inappropriate.
"Looks like one of those undersea shots of the Titanic," Mach says.
From the random destruction of Hurricane Harvey, Gladden and Mach are finding the accidents — the doll, the champagne glass — worth remembering. They're not quite silver linings, nor distractions from the heartbreak, but rather ways to simplify and encapsulate a loss that, for now, defies comprehension.
Back outside, production manager Ray Inkel says he's invested in the objects of the Alley, but appears emotional when human loss enters the conversation. Two staff members were forced to evacuate their homes, Inkel says. His face reddening, he begins wiping his hands on his eyes. He's crying. Apologizing, he leaves the steps of the Alley.
Rabe looks on as he walks away. She agrees with his sentiment that the things never matter as much as people.
"It's stuff that has a lot of meaning, but it's all stuff. It can be replaced," she says. "We're here."


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Hi All,
I received a lovely message this morning from a woman who reads this blog. She was wanting to check Im ok since I haven't posted for a while. Once again my excuse is laziness and just not having the time.
In answer to her questions, I am ok! In fact, I am great.
I have worked quite hard this year but the results have been worth it. I continue to get stronger and challenge myself in new ways.
Since my last post Nathan and I have been very busy. Lots of lovely day trips, lots of family visits and occasions that before just seemed impossible. I now really believe nothing is impossible if you are willing to do the work. Yes, it can be hard and some days are harder than others, but you have to just keep pushing on.
The loveliest part of the year has been the end part when I met a wonderful man who adores Nathan and I. He is the kind of man I always wanted, but wasn't sure if they only existed in Disney movies and romcoms. Handsome, charming, respectful, thoughtful, he is all of those things.
After my awful last relationship and years on my own, I was pretty lonely but also pretty cynical about ever finding someone special. But I was wrong. I've been on many romantic dates, stayed over at his place.. and even spent the odd night in a hotel, which in the past would just never have happened. It shows me how far I have come.
Christmas has come along and I've been attending all Nathans parties... concerts. And since he has just turned 5 (I know!!!!! how did that happen) I threw him a big party in a venue I could never have accessed before.
I am full of Christmas spirit. I am excited to spend this year with wonderful people who make me feel loved and valued, again... something that was slightly missing before. I am so proud of everything I have achieved in 2015 and so grateful to my wonderful friends who helped make it possible.
Its cliché and a bit 'Facebook' but I am feeling very blessed.
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year and enter 2016 full of positivity and hope. Much Love x


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I'm a member of the Family Christian Bloggers and they provided me with a free copy of Jason Crabb: "Through The Fire" for this review.
Gospel singer, Jason Crabb is back with a brand new album. "Through The Fire" that features some of his biggest hits. He was a member of the Crabb Family before they retired. He won a Grammy award in 2010 for his self-entitled album for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel album. His album was also nominated for a Dove Award.
One of my favorite songs on the album is entitled, "Somebody Like Me" because this one describes a story of a drunk man entering the church and he is needing help and love. The church isn't moving off their pew to reach out to him and show him the love of Christ. Jason asked the important question who will be that somebody. He performs this song as anthem to believers to be that somebody. I liked how this song had such a powerful message that Christians need to reminded of daily. We don't have to be afraid to step out and be a friend to someone who is in need of a true friend. I liked how the choir in the background chorus gave this song a Heavenly sound to the track. Another track, I also liked was the hymns medley (The Everlasting Arms/The Meeting in the Air/ I'll Fly Away) Live because this one is a true Gospel track and it reminded me of the church I grew up in and we would sing these songs to glorify God and to remind us of the Heaven that awakes us. Another favorite is the title track, "Through the Fire" because this one is meant to encourage believers to hold on to Jesus when life circumstances attempt to take us under and we must always remember that God will take us through the fiery storms we encounter. I also liked the track, "Love Is Stronger" because this one describes how when we go through a difficult trial, it's critical to reminisce that love is stronger and it will bring us through. My favorite song one the album would be, "Give". I have heard the song before sung by country artist, LeAnn Rimes. I liked Jason's version a little more because it has more of a beat and the tempo is increased. This one reminds us in order to get love we must give it and if we want to be forgiven, we must also forgive the people who have hurt us.
The whole album is filled with uplifting songs that will inspire and resonate with believers and nonbelievers and make an impact on their lives. This is the very first album I have listened to by Jason Crabb and I will definitely be checking out his other albums. I am now a fan! I liked how the album had some upbeat tempo songs as well as soulful slower songs. I also liked how it had some live versions of some of the songs to enhance the album. Jason Crabb has amazing vocal capabilities and you can tell he means every word he is singing. If you're looking for a new gospel/country album, then check this one out!
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